# CVE-2017-3844: Path traversal in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance

> An authenticated remote attacker can view directory listings and download files via the export function in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 22 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hcf3-m8fc-xfmv

## What is CVE-2017-3844?

CVE-2017-3844 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, published on 22 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in exporting functions of the user interface for Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view file directory listings and download files. Affected Products: Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance software versions 11.0, 11.1, and 11.5 are vulnerable. Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance software versions prior to 11.0 are not vulnerable. More Information: CSCvc86238. Known Affected Releases: 11.5(0).

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3844?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3844?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3844 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3844 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance

- [CVE-2015-6389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-6389/): Hardcoded credentials in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2015-4304](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4304/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2017-6659](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6659/): Cross-site request forgery in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2015-4306](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-4306/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2019-1662](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1662/): Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance Software Unauthenticated Access Vulnerability (high 8.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3844 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3844 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance, published on 22 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3844 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Prime Collaboration Assurance. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3844/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3844/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3844
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3844
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3844

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